CNN: India and Pakistan staged the largest air battle

India and Pakistan staged the largest and longest air battle. This is reported by CNN, citing sources.

"A total of 125 fighters fought for more than an hour, while none of the parties left their airspace," the American TV channel reports, citing sources in the Pakistani special services.

According to the interlocutor, the exchange of missile strikes took place at a distance sometimes exceeding 160 kilometers.

CNN noted that it was one of the "largest and longest in the recent history of aviation" battles.

The Pakistani side claims to have shot down five Indian Air Force aircraft, while the Indian side confirmed the fall of only two.

"An Indian Air Force pilot was shot down in Pakistan and shown on television before he was returned to India," CNN reports.

As stated in Delhi, India carried out targeted strikes on the locations of militants of one of the Islamic groups in Kashmir, which carried out the shooting of tourists in the Indian zone of the disputed state.